Divine Commandment Quotes
This sura is used by moderate Muslims showing that The Prophet was somewhat tolerant of those who even mock the word of Allah. Nonetheless, most fundamentalist Muslims believe that anyone who mocks the word of Allah or His Prophet should be killed. Muhammad said not to sit with them—his modern followers too often call it heresy and want to kill them.
This is the basis for the practice of Saudi Arabia and a few other nations which are so decried by most nations and religions or the world. Modern Muslims and Muslim nations do not follow this Koranic prescription any more than Christians and Jews follow the Mosaic Law of the Bible regarding punishment that we would today regard as cruel and which has become very unusual.
Saudi Arabian Newspaper. This and other absurd libels against Jews permeated a series of two articles she wrote in the newspaper. The lie that Jews use the blood of non-Jews to bake their holy bread has been a staple of anti-Semitic propaganda through the centuries. A few days thereafter, the editor of the newspaper, who had been away at the time of the publication himself published a rebuttal and repudiation. See Turki Abdullah al-Sudeiri: {593163}
